John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

in relation to the employees. I am further advised that the law of this country is that nobody can be sacked for refusing to sign an AWA. I continue to be advised that unemployment is at a record 30-year low in this country. My understanding is that although the unemployment rate in the ACT may not have reached the marvellous lows of the shire in which the electorate of Hughes is located it is sharply lower than it was 10 years ago.

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